CIVILIAN VOL 9

Excerpt from The Civilian, Vol. 9: A Fortnightly Journal Devoted to the Interests of the Civil Service of Canada; July 21, 1916I was going to say that the same might be said of public service retirement provision in the United States; and yet there has been very persistent agitation to that end, and notably in the years from 1907 to 1911. In 1908 and 1909 no fewer than Seven bills were introduced in one or other House of Congress, but none of these ever emerged from committee except the Gillett Bill of 1909. Another Bill was favorably reported out of committee in April, 1910. All of these measures have a strong family resemblance.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.